Government 'trying to buy care on the cheap' by not funding private nursing homes

Nursing Homes Ireland Conference 2023 HSE CEO Bernard Gloster addressed the conference on Thursday September 21. 

The Government is “trying to buy care on the cheap” by not funding private nursing homes to meet the challenges of a growing older population, Tadhg Daly of Nursing Homes Ireland (NHI) said.

Mr Daly, speaking during the NHI annual conference in Kilkenny, said while progress has been made towards boosting funding for private and voluntary homes, gaps remain compared with higher funding for public nursing homes.